Blog by Ernst de Haan (from .nl). What is there to know about me? Above all, that I am a christian. On this blog I write mostly about web development, UNIX, Apple, Java, XML and web design.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Who cares about murdering babies?

In a way I'm surprised to see that if a baby is killed after being born in the Netherlands, my home country, people appear shocked and the police sets up a big investigation to find out who did it so this person can be prosecuted. The same applies to a lot of other Western countries.

Why am I surprised? Because if the baby was killed just a few weeks before, while still inside the mother, it's not called murder. Then the baby is called a "fetus" and the murder is called "abortion" and it's claimed a "civil right." How can we be so blind?!

Look at the image. This is a photo of a so-called "aborted fetus", 22-weeks after conception. Is this not a baby? If it was born at 21 weeks, doctors managed to keep it alive, and then at 22 weeks the mother decided: "oh wait, no, I've got a holiday coming up and I feel really bad and I don't have the money, to raise this child," is it OK to still get rid of it?

Here are some of the facts:

the heart of a baby works as of 4 weeks since the conception

at 10 weeks, the baby is small, but complete, all it needs to do is grow

medical science is advancing, and babies born 21 weeks after conception may soon be able to survive already (if that's not already possible)

in the Netherlands abortions are allowed until 24 weeks after conception

abortions in Israel are allowed until the 9th month (!)

in 2005, there were about 33.000 registered induced abortions in the Netherlands only